The Larue County Hawks entered their tilt with the Pulaski County Maroons with six consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with seven. Larue County put the hurt on Pulaski County with a sharp 62-40 win on Friday. Larue County pushed the score to 52-29 by the end of the third, a deficit Pulaski County cut but never quite recovered from.
Leading Larue County to victory were Jagger Mardis and Daniel Allen. Mardis scored 21 points, while Allen almost dropped a double-double on 21 points and nine rebounds. Allen is on a roll when it comes to points, as he's now scored 21 or more in the last three games he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Ayden Seidl, who scored six points.
Larue County is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 19-8 record this season. As for Pulaski County, their loss dropped their record down to 19-9.
Larue County will look to defend their home court on Tuesday against Caverna at 8:00 p.m. Larue County knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with flashy point totals in its past 27 matches -- so hopefully Caverna likes a good challenge. Pulaski County will be staying on the road on Tuesday to face off against Rockcastle County at 7:30 p.m. on February 27th. Rockcastle County will roll in looking for their fourth straight victory, something Pulaski County surely won't give up without a fight.
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